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PROFESSOR DAYO OYEKOLE
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Professor Oyebanjo Dayo Oyekole is the founder and President-General of Holistic Lifecare International – a consortium for the production and marketing of natural medicine with headquarters based in Ibadan, Nigeria. He is also the Chairman and Chief Consultant of Mosebolatan Naturalist Hospital; based in Ogbere-Tioya, Ibadan, Nigeria; as well as the Holistic Lifecare Clinic, in Kasoa, Central Region, Ghana.
Professor Oyebanjo Dayo Oyekole is the founder and President-General of Holistic Lifecare International – a consortium for the production and marketing of natural medicine with headquarters based in Ibadan, Nigeria. He is also the Chairman and Chief Consultant of Mosebolatan Naturalist Hospital; based in Ogbere-Tioya, Ibadan, Nigeria; as well as the Holistic Lifecare Clinic, in Kasoa, Central Region, Ghana.
Born
in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State of Nigeria on 23rd November, 1955; he was educated at
Molusi College where he finished with Grade One. He proceeded to read
Veterinary Medicine at the University of Ibadan where he was awarded the Doctor
of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) and Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine
(M.P.V.M.) degrees with distinctions, prizes and medals as the best-all-round
graduate for the year 1981.
He
also attended the University of Reading, England; where he was awarded the
Master of Philosophy (M. Phil.) degree in Epidemiology, with distinction, in
1985. He crowned his academic career with the award of the Doctor of Philosophy
(Ph.D.) degree by the University of Ibadan, in 1987; having submitted the first
thesis in Biomathematical Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases.
Dayo
Oyekole has worked as a Public Health Veterinarian, University Professor and
Natural Medicine Practitioner in many institutions and government departments
in Nigeria, Britain and Ghana (where he is the Chairman and Chief Consultant of
Holistic Lifecare Clinic in Kasoa, Central Region, Ghana); and is credited with
numerous scientific and technical publications, studies, articles, abstracts
and presentations in the fields of Epidemiology and Natural Medicine. His
recent exposition of the ‘Holistic Remedy for AIDS’ is currently being
evaluated by Disease Control Agencies.
Professor
(Chief) Oyekole is a member and/or registered trustee of many professional and
socio-cultural organizations including Poverty Eradication Network (PEN),
Nigerian Society of Pharmacognosy, Nigerian Academy of Natural Medicine,
Nigerian Council of Physicians of Natural Medicine, National Association of
Nigerian Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP), Medicinal Plant
Producers, Researchers and Allied Practitioners of Nigeria (MPPRAP) and the
Confederation of Complementary Health Associations of South Africa (COCHASA).
He
was recently appointed as the coordinator of the International Health Project
for Development of Traditional and Complementary Medicine Programme in the
South-West Zone of Nigeria. He is happily married with children.
OUTFIT:
Mosebolatan
Naturalist Hospital
Adeyalo Layout, Ogbere-Tioya, off Olorunsogo Express Bridge, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Tel: 234-803-330-3897 ; 234-807-646-4610
Email: info@holisticlifecare.com
Lifecare Centres
Ghana
Holistic Lifecare
Clinic
Along Nii Akramah We
(off Opeikuma Road),
Kasoa, Central Region, Ghana
Tel: +233-544-906-744
Along Nii Akramah We
(off Opeikuma Road),
Kasoa, Central Region, Ghana
Tel: +233-544-906-744
Lagos
MOSEBOLATAN LIFECARE
CENTRE
11, Ire-Akari Estate Road, Isolo, Lagos, Nigeria
11, Ire-Akari Estate Road, Isolo, Lagos, Nigeria
Lifecare Centres
Ibadan
MOSEBOLATAN LIFECARE
CENTRE
Unity Shopping Plaza, Opposite Isale-Eko Cool Spot,
53, Yemetu-Adeoyo Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Unity Shopping Plaza, Opposite Isale-Eko Cool Spot,
53, Yemetu-Adeoyo Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Ibadan
MOSEBOLATAN LIFECARE
CENTRE
Asukuna Street, Titi Titun, Beere-Ayeye Road, Ibadan, Nigeria
Asukuna Street, Titi Titun, Beere-Ayeye Road, Ibadan, Nigeria
Thursday, February 6, 2014
DR. SUMBO AYODELE - Quincy
QUINCY SUMBO AYODELE, the celebrated herbal slimmer, on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, believes in the power of herbs for slimming purposes.
The London-trained (but Ijebu born) beauty therapist initially studied secretarial administration at Ogun State Polytechnic, now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
She went for further studies at Pitman Central College, London. When she came back, she worked as the personal assistant to the Managing Director of Societe Generale Bank.
Quincy grew up with her grandmother and picked up many herbal secrets from her. When she discovered her herbal prescription was effective, she went for further herbal studies abroad.
OUTFIT:QUINCY The Herbal Slimmers
90B Opebi Road,
Ikeja, Lagos
The London-trained (but Ijebu born) beauty therapist initially studied secretarial administration at Ogun State Polytechnic, now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
She went for further studies at Pitman Central College, London. When she came back, she worked as the personal assistant to the Managing Director of Societe Generale Bank.
Quincy grew up with her grandmother and picked up many herbal secrets from her. When she discovered her herbal prescription was effective, she went for further herbal studies abroad.
OUTFIT:QUINCY The Herbal Slimmers
90B Opebi Road,
Ikeja, Lagos
REVEREND FATHER ANSELM ADODO
REVEREND FATHER ANSELM ADODO. He is a monk of St. Benedict Monastery, Ewu. For the past ten years, he has been involved in intensive research into the medicinal uses of plants, and disseminates the knowledge through publications, seminars and workshops. He is the director of the Monastery’s herbal clinic.
Father Adodo demystifies the involvement of the monks in the ancient practice of traditional medicine: “my interest in herbal medicine is basically because of my conviction, having studied philosophy and theology, that it is God working in nature. We have to develop what we have…when I decided to practice herbal medicine even as a monk, it was difficult initially for people to understand because the general idea people have about a priest is someone sent by the missionaries. Someone who should abhor anything cultural…
We started the herbal clinic in 1992 but not until 1996 did we make it formal. It took this while for people to really understand us and what we are doing. The community was not sure how to relate with us. They were afraid because they have never seen priests involved in herbal medicine practice; even Christian ministers were afraid because they didn’t understand what this was all about. But they were consoled because this is a monastery.”
Pax Herbal Centre is a computerized herbal clinic situated just after the entrance to the monastery. It is equipped with a modern pharmacy and stocked with well packaged herbal products. The clinic also has a drugs manufacturing factory and storage store. Here, various drugs are produced from locally sourced herbs and roots from the vegetation around the monastery.
OUTFIT: PAX HERBAL CENTRE,
St. Benedict Monastery,
Ewu, Auchi,
Edo State, Nigeria. Outlets: Catholic churches nationwide.
Email: ansosb@yahoo.com
Father Adodo demystifies the involvement of the monks in the ancient practice of traditional medicine: “my interest in herbal medicine is basically because of my conviction, having studied philosophy and theology, that it is God working in nature. We have to develop what we have…when I decided to practice herbal medicine even as a monk, it was difficult initially for people to understand because the general idea people have about a priest is someone sent by the missionaries. Someone who should abhor anything cultural…
We started the herbal clinic in 1992 but not until 1996 did we make it formal. It took this while for people to really understand us and what we are doing. The community was not sure how to relate with us. They were afraid because they have never seen priests involved in herbal medicine practice; even Christian ministers were afraid because they didn’t understand what this was all about. But they were consoled because this is a monastery.”
Pax Herbal Centre is a computerized herbal clinic situated just after the entrance to the monastery. It is equipped with a modern pharmacy and stocked with well packaged herbal products. The clinic also has a drugs manufacturing factory and storage store. Here, various drugs are produced from locally sourced herbs and roots from the vegetation around the monastery.
OUTFIT: PAX HERBAL CENTRE,
St. Benedict Monastery,
Ewu, Auchi,
Edo State, Nigeria. Outlets: Catholic churches nationwide.
Email: ansosb@yahoo.com
DR. OLAYIMIKA OGBAOYE - pregnancy within one month
The man
who removes pregnancy nightmare from women…in one month
"...when we make claims, we follow them through"
1, Association Avenue,
Majiyagbe Estate,
Near Ipaja Market,
Ipaja Town, Lagos
Tel: 08023379145
"...when we make claims, we follow them through"
According
to Dr. Olayimika Ogbaoye, a physiotherapist and Medical Director of Olayimika
Herbal Hospital in Ipaja, Lagos, there is no cause for alarm because…”it is a simple
matter for me.” I have handled pregnancy related problems using local natural
herbs and the results so far, have been very impressive. Here, we help people
get pregnant easily without the rigours of operations here and there.” The
treatment we offer covers most problems except for fibroids. For instance, the imbalance in prolactin
levels can be corrected with the aid of an anti-prolactin herbal soap. For
those with confirmed tubal blockage, there is a herbal preparation specially
formulated to cause tubular dilation as a result of the steam produced while
the woman sits over the preparation. We also have different medication for
those suffering from dismenorrhea.
Where
men are the cause of women’s pregnancy travails, there is succour too.
We also
treat conditions like chronic lower back pain, low sperm count, diabetes,
hypertension, but majority are problems associated with inability to become
pregnant, that is our major work…”
OUTFIT/CONTACT
Olayimika Herbs Hospital1, Association Avenue,
Majiyagbe Estate,
Near Ipaja Market,
Ipaja Town, Lagos
Tel: 08023379145
DR. JACOB ABDULLAHI - Winniecure
Dr. J.J
Abdullahi was born on 26th September, 1964 at Agojeju Abocho in Braidu
district, Dekina local government of Kogi State. He had his primary and
post-primary education at Abocho between 1974 and 1984, before proceeding to
the school of Basic Studies, Makurdi, in 1985. After his I.J.M.B in 1987, he
proceeded to the University of Jos, where he studied Basic Sciences, and later
moved into the prestigious federal college of Medical Laboratory Sciences, at
the National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Plateau State, where he
qualified as a medical Laboratory Scientist in 1993. For his masters Degree in
Immunology, J.J Abdullahi enrolled in Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo
State, and then ended up with a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D) in Health Support
Services at the Columbus international University in the United Kingdom.
No. 31 Okemesi Cresent,
Old FERMA Road,
Garki - Abuja.
Tel: 09-2902999, 08033139270, 08037863690, 08038174220.
Website:http://www.winniecure.com
Email: info@winniecure.com
by Charley boy bus stop
Gbagada estate, phase 1, Lagos.
Tel: 07063544992, 08033116613.
Ibrahim Taiwo road,
Kano.
Tel: 07059440436.
Contribution in area of
health
After leaving school, Dr. J.J Abdullah worked
in private and public sectors of the Nigeria state. His stint at the National
Institute for pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD), Idu-Abuja saw
him concentrating efforts in researching into herbal Medicines. God crowned his
effort with a break-through by way of discovery of Winniecure (Herbal Therapy)
for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Thousands of victims of the HIV/AIDS scourge
both within and outside Nigeria have benefited tremendously from using the
drug. Many Igala and other Kogi State indigenes are on either completely free
or heavily subsidized HIV drugs provided by him. He is thus (through the Grace
of God) a sustainer of life.
OUTFIT/CONTACT:
Head OfficeNo. 31 Okemesi Cresent,
Old FERMA Road,
Garki - Abuja.
Tel: 09-2902999, 08033139270, 08037863690, 08038174220.
Website:http://www.winniecure.com
Email: info@winniecure.com
Lagos Office
No. 9, Fola Jinadu, by Charley boy bus stop
Gbagada estate, phase 1, Lagos.
Tel: 07063544992, 08033116613.
Kano Office
No. 43, block A, room 16,Ibrahim Taiwo road,
Kano.
Tel: 07059440436.
CHIEF OLADOSU EKUNRIN - Helt Weiz
High Chief Oladosu
Ekunrin is the Chairman/CEO of Healtwaiz Herbal Products Nigeria Limited
(formerly Dosu Ekunrin Traditional Healing Centre). He is one of the pioneers
of herbal medicine columns in several newspapers and magazines. In this
interview with Isa Isawade, he identifies the various ailments afflicting
Nigerians and proffers remedial measures individuals and the government should
take to arrest them.
Sir, you pioneered the
now very popular herbal column writing in this country during your days in
Today’s Choice magazine and P.M.NEWS in the early nineties, but in recent
years, you’ve maintained a low profile, why?
As you know, writing a weekly column is not a child’s play. I
wrote for about ten years on a weekly basis. As a writer, there comes a time
when you need to take a rest. This is because you are working on other things.
I have used my time in the last few years to rest and to repackage many of my
herbal products for effective push into the Nigerian market. In the last few
years, I have done a lot of research work in the field of alternative medicine
and I came out with a lot of products and books on different ailments in the
country. Those are the engagements that have taken me away for sometime.
Can you mention some
of these products?
Yes, you will recollect that in the early nineties, I warned
many times in my column that in the years ahead, Nigerians will witness a lot
of health-related problems, especially in the areas of diabetes and high blood
pressure. This is because at that time, I noticed the proliferation of fast
foods joints throughout the country. The truth is that a lot of the foods
dished out by these fast foods centres are not okay for human consumption. Most
of the ingredients they use in preparing those foods are not natural and I
noticed that a lot of them contained heavy sugar and salt which are dangerous
to human health. Let me give you an example, most soft drinks in Europe and
America today are not as sugary as the ones sold to us in this country.
Children of fifteen to twenty-five years old are now diabetic and hypertensive.
That is the result of what we eat. I can tell you that in our country today,
about six out of every ten men or women are diabetic. Same rate for
hypertension. Our situation is that bad. A lot of people are dying. So, I did a
lot of research work and came out with a product I call noswit. A very
effective dietary supplement for diabetic patients. It prevents constant
urination and cleanses the body system. Then, for high blood pressure problems,
we developed a product called Kool Capsule. Kool Capsule is very effective in
the treatment of high blood pressure problems. It reduces cardiac output and
cools off the body system. Also, if you are very observant, in the country now,
we have a lot of men who are becoming infertile. Many of them also suffer from
quick ejaculation. You will agree with me that our forefathers lived up to between
ninety and a hundred years, and many of them married between seven and ten
wives and were able to satisfy the wives sexually. But, today, man finds it
difficult to sexually satisfy one wife! What has gone wrong? We are no longer
eating what our forefathers ate which are mainly from nature. So, we developed
Yaami Capsule which purifies and energises the sperm. It is very effective in
the treatment of low sperm count and quick ejaculation. Another of our products
is Paaba mixture and capsule. Malaria kills over 300,000 Nigerians and over one
million Africans yearly. So, Paaba is very effective in overcoming drugs
resistant malaria parasites. It is a very effective anti malaria herbal drug.
These are the research works we came out with and which will be of great
benefit to all in the years ahead. Nigerians should also look forward to our
forthcoming books on health and nutrition.
The benefits of these
products, as you have enumerated, sound wonderful. To what extent have the
products gained acceptance among stakeholders such as the consumers,
distributors and government agencies?
Thank you for that question. You see, before we came out with
our products, we did a lot of tests. One of the best pharmacologists in Nigeria
today, Dr. Osolua from the University of Benin, performed toxicology tests on
all our products and that cost a whole lot of money. We spent over a million
naira on the tests alone, and from the report of the pharmacologist, we are
told that our products are very safe for consumption, very good and reliable.
Dr. Osolua is alive. He is at the University of Benin. He can give testimony to
his findings on all our products. If you go to NAFDAC today, you will find that
we presented our products to NAFDAC and NAFDAC officials visited our factory and
they found out that we built a big factory for our products, not a rented
place, a whole modern factory which can compete with that of any pharmaceutical
company anywhere. Also, the efficiency of our products have brought a lot of
happiness to me because the responses we are getting from customers and
consumers are overwhelming. We are yet to meet our market demand. Anywhere we
go to in Lagos, people are asking us to supply them Yaami, Noswit and so on.
Even the pharmacy shops frequently demand more of our products. We have been
receiving fantastic reports on our products from the market.
In your honest
assessment, how far has herbal medicine practice gone as an alternative to
orthodox medicine since you and your few other colleagues started the
revolution over two decades ago?
I always give glory to God for giving me the vision to promote
alternative medicine since late eighties till the present day. You see, I
started when people were not even proud to be called alternative medicine
practitioners or what people call herbalists. People run away from herbalists,
forgetting that many people who practice it are not idol worshippers. Like me,
my father was a Christian, a reverend of ECWA church for many years before
coming to alternative medicine practice. We don’t worship idols. I came out to
promote alternative medicine as a Christian because God creates leaves and
herbs for human consumption, and He gave my father and me the wisdom to prepare
herbal medicine for mankind. As a graduate in the early thirties, I started
with Today’s Choice Magazine, promoting alternative medicine. Today, I thank
God, we have a lot of graduates in the field of alternative medicine. A lot of
well known names who can compete successfully anywhere in the world. The
awareness on alternative medicine now is highly commendable. You wonder why so
many people in this country spend millions of dollars in India for treatment?
When you get to India as a patient, they will ask you whether you want
alternative medicine or orthodox treatment for any kind of diseases, including
cancer, diabetes and what have you. All the serious ailments which seem to have
defied orthodox treatments are being effectively taken care of in India and
China through alternative medicine. Look at the wonderful work the Lagos State
government is doing to promote alternative medicine. We now have the
alternative medicine board. It shows that alternative medicine is recognized
all over the world. Few months ago, the WHO came out with a report on the
efficacy of alternative medicine worldwide. For the WHO to commend
practitioners of alternative medicine, it tells of the multi million dollar
researches that have been conducted worldwide. Therefore, people are now
running away from synthetic drugs, they are going back to nature and preventive
medicine.
You talk about nature
and this brings me to the question of whether it is true, the popular belief
that herbal medicines are without side effects. How true is this claim?
It is true to a large extent. If the alternative medicine is
well prepared, there is a very low side effect or no side effect at all to your
health. For instance, years back, people were talking about lack of dosage
prescription. Today, alternative medicine now has dosage. You cannot take your
NAFDAC report without being scrutinized with your dosage, packaging and the
quality of your product. The body will also look at the environment where your
product is being produced. Before you can practice in Lagos today, you have to
go for training or some weeks or months with the Lagos State Traditional
Medicine Board. Whether you are educated or not, you have to take the Lagos
State Traditional Medicine Board licence before you can practice. And before
you can promote your drug in the market, you have to obtain NAFDAC number. All
these are comprehensive processes to ensure safety and wholesomeness.
Lastly Sir, what
informed your relocation from your well known Adeoyo, Mushin office where you
operated for more than three decades to a relatively new place like Igando?
We thank God for His mercies on us. Mushin was becoming very
small for us to operate. I wanted a bigger place where I can have my research
centre and factory for the production of my herbal products, and office.
Therefore, you can imagine what it has cost us to establish our head office at
Igando. We left Mushin because of expansion. It took us about five years to
carry out a lot of research work to develop medicines for the coming
generations to benefit from. So, now we have our research centre, our factory
and a spacious consulting room. But our offices in Mushin and other places are
also in operation.
DR. TITILAYO ODUYE - Amelia's Organics
Dr. Titi Oduye of Amelia’s Holistic Health Consultancy
was born in London, U.K. She attended Holistic Health College U.K.
Institute of Bioenergetics, U.S.A. She is a Bioforce phytotherapist and is a
member of some associations, include the Guild of Naturo-pathic iridologists,
International Association Bioenergetic Practitioners, British Herbal Medicine
Association and the Nigerian Council of Physicians of Natural Medicine, NCPNM.
She was formerly an education officer at the Federal Ministry of Education from 1983 to 1986. Also, she was a lecturer at Lagos State Polytechnic from 1986 – 1989.
She loves to read and sew.
OUTFIT: Amelia’s Holistic Health Consultancy
19, Ladipo Oluwole Avenue, Adeniji Jones Ave, Ikeja, Lagos
Phone:
Email: amie@ameliasorganics.com
Tel: 234-803-331-9618
She was formerly an education officer at the Federal Ministry of Education from 1983 to 1986. Also, she was a lecturer at Lagos State Polytechnic from 1986 – 1989.
She loves to read and sew.
OUTFIT: Amelia’s Holistic Health Consultancy
19, Ladipo Oluwole Avenue, Adeniji Jones Ave, Ikeja, Lagos
Phone:
Email: amie@ameliasorganics.com
Tel: 234-803-331-9618
DR. DEBO THOMPSON
My mission is to help people enjoy sound health – Debo Thompson
She was diagnosed of high-blood pressure at the age of 35, while she was Chief Secretary at the Nigerian Breweries, and advised to slow down on her activities. She subsequently had to resign from her job in order to be able to pay more attention to her health.
Mrs. Debo Thompson, unwilling to succumb to the condition, decided to discover a solution for herself by experimenting with natural medicines. Thus, she began several researches on natural medicines and after experimenting with herself, according to her, her high-blood pressure became a thing of the past.
Since then, Mrs.Thompson has remained an adherent of nature care, and has continued to research more and more on the subject. Today, she has several brands of herbal medicines to her credit, and will soon be officially launching two books on natural medicine at an event to mark her 70th birthday on 16th December in Lagos.
The event will also be used to launch her NGO, ‘Princess Maria Ifanike Thompson Foundation for Elderly Widows, Single Parents and Youths’. Mrs.Thompson, a Lagosian, who was for over six years a Weekend Vanguard Columnist on natural medicine spoke with Vista Woman recently.
Her words:
Background
I attended the African Church Bethel School on Broad Street in Lagos. I also attended Marywood College which was known in those days as Marywood Commercial College. After working for some years, I went to London for a course in Secretarial Studies.
On my return, I returned to the Nigerian Breweries where I worked before I went to London.
I believe in natural therapy and I have been an adherent of nature care since 1964/65 when I came across a book by Harry Benjamin titled, “Everybody’s Guide To Nature Care”. That book exposed me and my close family members and associates to nature care. It also made me understand how you can, by self-treatment, treat yourself of many ailments.
Later, in the early seventies when I had stopped having children, I started having some health issues. My blood pressure started rising too high to the extent that I could no longer cope with my job as a company secretary. So, I resigned in 1975 when I wasn’t allowed to close at 2pm daily as advised by my European doctor.
So, from April in 1976, I started my own personal business as a distributor for Beer, mainly West African Breweries Beer and then when my former boss at the Nigerian Breweries also personally started producing Vita Malt, I also became one of the distributors. That was how I started my business life.
My journey into traditional medicine practice
My conviction in what nature care could do was when I went for an X-Ray, and was told that I may have to do some surgeries because of the type of ailment that I had. I didn’t want to undergo any surgery actually.
So, one evening when I was in a hospital at Alaka in Lagos waiting to see a doctor, some other people who were in same situation as myself started lamenting over their situations, saying, “Is this how we will keep carrying our files until we die?”.
The person who said that didn’t know the message his words got through to me, but from that day, I resolved that my own case will be different. That was the beginning of my embracing nature care to the core. Having made that resolution, I decided to study natural medicine in 1984 or so. I carried out some researches, and by the time I put some herbs together and started using them, my high-blood pressure became a thing of the past.
I was looking older than the way I look now as at 1975, because I was really very sick. Funny enough, I was only in my thirties at that time.
The wonders of nature care
All that nature cure has proved to me is too much for me to just write in a book. Therefore, it is better for me to help other people enjoy sound health; that is my main objective now that I am clocking 70 years of age. I am so passionate about this even to the extent that when I see somebody who is sick, the thought that emanates from me is how I could help even though I may not be close to that person.
There is nothing you can compare with nature; nature is everything. You can even regenerate a bad liver with nature care.
There are many herbs which nature has provided for us to help calm down our nerves. Take for instance Biophyllum Pinnatum which is known as Abamoda in Yoruba. If you chew 5 leaves of it and half a bulb of garlic twice a day which means one bulb of garlic, it will lower your blood pressure in ten days. This leaf is sold in the market by herbal dealers.
I also have it in my compound in abundance. When you take the 5 leaves and garlic morning and evening with a lot of water, you will be amazed at the result. In traditional medicine, we use it for many things.
Result of Africans’ failure to live naturally
Most of the health issues we suffer in Africa today are traceable to our failure to embrace nature care. We seem not to realize that traditionally, we are a herbal race. Otherwise, why do we have over 60,000 plants in Africa?
Why do Europeans come to tap from our reservoir of plants and to our own dismay here, research and make better use of our own plants? It is in our ignorant quest to live a totally western life that we all started eating butter and white bread for breakfast instead of our usual Ewedu and all.
In villages, you find people eating roasted yams with palm oil(no chemical) and maybe some ground dry pepper and salt, and you just cannot imagine the level of nutrient in that simple meal! That is eating naturally.
Instead of eating healthy foods these days, we now settle for meat pies, soft drinks, chemically processed fruit juices, etc. I tell you, if I were in a position of authority in Nigeria, I will orient people first on the reason why cancer is so much. The moment we all start living naturally, we will start hearing less of cancer related problems.
You see, creation always gives to you as much as you give to it. If you are in search of knowledge, you will just stumble on it. That was what actually happened to me with regards to traditional medicine, and that’s how I’ve been getting most of the knowledge I have on nature care. God has saved my life by helping me discover the good in traditional medicine, and that’s why I am set to also give back to my society.’
By JOSEPHINE IGBINOVIA & PRECIOUS OKWUDI
Since then, Mrs.Thompson has remained an adherent of nature care, and has continued to research more and more on the subject. Today, she has several brands of herbal medicines to her credit, and will soon be officially launching two books on natural medicine at an event to mark her 70th birthday on 16th December in Lagos.
The event will also be used to launch her NGO, ‘Princess Maria Ifanike Thompson Foundation for Elderly Widows, Single Parents and Youths’. Mrs.Thompson, a Lagosian, who was for over six years a Weekend Vanguard Columnist on natural medicine spoke with Vista Woman recently.
Her words:
Background
I attended the African Church Bethel School on Broad Street in Lagos. I also attended Marywood College which was known in those days as Marywood Commercial College. After working for some years, I went to London for a course in Secretarial Studies.
On my return, I returned to the Nigerian Breweries where I worked before I went to London.
I believe in natural therapy and I have been an adherent of nature care since 1964/65 when I came across a book by Harry Benjamin titled, “Everybody’s Guide To Nature Care”. That book exposed me and my close family members and associates to nature care. It also made me understand how you can, by self-treatment, treat yourself of many ailments.
Later, in the early seventies when I had stopped having children, I started having some health issues. My blood pressure started rising too high to the extent that I could no longer cope with my job as a company secretary. So, I resigned in 1975 when I wasn’t allowed to close at 2pm daily as advised by my European doctor.
So, from April in 1976, I started my own personal business as a distributor for Beer, mainly West African Breweries Beer and then when my former boss at the Nigerian Breweries also personally started producing Vita Malt, I also became one of the distributors. That was how I started my business life.
My journey into traditional medicine practice
My conviction in what nature care could do was when I went for an X-Ray, and was told that I may have to do some surgeries because of the type of ailment that I had. I didn’t want to undergo any surgery actually.
So, one evening when I was in a hospital at Alaka in Lagos waiting to see a doctor, some other people who were in same situation as myself started lamenting over their situations, saying, “Is this how we will keep carrying our files until we die?”.
The person who said that didn’t know the message his words got through to me, but from that day, I resolved that my own case will be different. That was the beginning of my embracing nature care to the core. Having made that resolution, I decided to study natural medicine in 1984 or so. I carried out some researches, and by the time I put some herbs together and started using them, my high-blood pressure became a thing of the past.
I was looking older than the way I look now as at 1975, because I was really very sick. Funny enough, I was only in my thirties at that time.
The wonders of nature care
All that nature cure has proved to me is too much for me to just write in a book. Therefore, it is better for me to help other people enjoy sound health; that is my main objective now that I am clocking 70 years of age. I am so passionate about this even to the extent that when I see somebody who is sick, the thought that emanates from me is how I could help even though I may not be close to that person.
There is nothing you can compare with nature; nature is everything. You can even regenerate a bad liver with nature care.
There are many herbs which nature has provided for us to help calm down our nerves. Take for instance Biophyllum Pinnatum which is known as Abamoda in Yoruba. If you chew 5 leaves of it and half a bulb of garlic twice a day which means one bulb of garlic, it will lower your blood pressure in ten days. This leaf is sold in the market by herbal dealers.
I also have it in my compound in abundance. When you take the 5 leaves and garlic morning and evening with a lot of water, you will be amazed at the result. In traditional medicine, we use it for many things.
Result of Africans’ failure to live naturally
Most of the health issues we suffer in Africa today are traceable to our failure to embrace nature care. We seem not to realize that traditionally, we are a herbal race. Otherwise, why do we have over 60,000 plants in Africa?
Why do Europeans come to tap from our reservoir of plants and to our own dismay here, research and make better use of our own plants? It is in our ignorant quest to live a totally western life that we all started eating butter and white bread for breakfast instead of our usual Ewedu and all.
In villages, you find people eating roasted yams with palm oil(no chemical) and maybe some ground dry pepper and salt, and you just cannot imagine the level of nutrient in that simple meal! That is eating naturally.
Instead of eating healthy foods these days, we now settle for meat pies, soft drinks, chemically processed fruit juices, etc. I tell you, if I were in a position of authority in Nigeria, I will orient people first on the reason why cancer is so much. The moment we all start living naturally, we will start hearing less of cancer related problems.
You see, creation always gives to you as much as you give to it. If you are in search of knowledge, you will just stumble on it. That was what actually happened to me with regards to traditional medicine, and that’s how I’ve been getting most of the knowledge I have on nature care. God has saved my life by helping me discover the good in traditional medicine, and that’s why I am set to also give back to my society.’
By JOSEPHINE IGBINOVIA & PRECIOUS OKWUDI
DR. BANJI FILANI
Herbs for life or death?: ‘Herbal medicine is neither dangerous nor
fetish’
Dr. Banji Filani of Sound Health
Centre spoke on the safety of herbal concotions.
“Herbal medicine is neither dangerous
nor fetish. The problem with people is that anything traditional is attributed
to fetishism.
They use it in China and bring it
here; we don’t question that (examples are Tianshi and Tasly Kasly products),
but because it is ours, people think it goes with fetish power.
I am a Christian. I was brought up a
Christian, I know nothing about incantations. Take for instance, bitter leaf.
Many don’t know that it has the power to treat some ailments. Bitter leaf can
cure diabetes and cleanse the blood. You don’t need to chant any incantation
for it to work.
The same goes for other herbs. It is
only that most times you have to put two or more together for them to work
effectively. Another example is the mango tree. Nothing is useless in a mango
tree; even the mistletoe you find on it is for curing hypertension.
Everything is not a matter of using
herb; we can easily tell you what to eat and what not to eat (diet and
nutrition) and that alone may be the cure of ailments. So, as a Christian, I am
a member of the Christ Apostolic Church, the church of Baba Sadela.
I only believe in treating with
natural herbs, not attaching anything spiritual to it. Another example is the
common maize we eat. The botanical name is sea maize. Those string-like things
that come out with corn that many people remove while eating the maize has
curative content to treat hypertension, diabetes and even oedema.
Therefore is no incantation needed in
herbal practice. One only needs to know what and what to put together. Herbal
practice is simply the use of herbs for treatment. Nothing more, nothing less.
Herbal medicines, also called botanical medicines or phytomedicines, refer to
herbs, herbal materials, herbal preparations and finished herbal products that
contain parts of plants or other plant materials as active ingredients.
The plant materials include seeds,
berries, roots, leaves, bark or flowers. Many drugs used in conventional
medicine were originally derived from plants. Salicylic acid is a precursor of
aspirin that was originally derived from white willow bark and the meadowsweet
plant (Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim. Quinine and Artemesinin are
anti-malarial drugs derived from Cinchona pubescence Vahl bark and Artemisia
annua L. plant, respectively.
Vincristine is an anticancer drug
derived from periwinkle (Cantharnthus rosues Linn. G. Donn). Morphine, codeine,
and paregoric, derived from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) are used in
the treatment of diarrhoea and pain. Digitalis is a cardiac glycoside derived
from foxglove plant (Digitalis purpurea L.) an herb in use since 1775.”
On those who suffered bad fate in the
use of herbs: “They are just unlucky. It is either they took an overdose, a
wrong prescription or an expired mixture. There are fake traditional doctors
just as we have fake orthodox doctors. Nigerians should beware so as not to
fall into wrong hands. Practitioners who have good reputations would never want
to do anything that will tarnish their names and good records.
It is risky to patronise unknown
practitioners who may not be reachable should there be any negative development
on the drugs you have been given. If you go to a hospital and a negative
development emerges,
I am sure you will go back to
complain. But if you have gone through some prescriptions by some
unidentifiable personnel, you will be blamed by all and you will blame yourself
for whatever happens. The same rule is applicable to us.”
Thursday, January 30, 2014
DR. M. AKINSANYA – Akin Herbal Home & Health Centre
Dr. Akinsanya hails from the southwest of Nigeria. While growing up, he inherited
from his grandparents the gifts of caring for people and proffering solutions
to their health problems. Dr. Akinsanya did his Herbal Health Care training
with Ebony Naturalist Clinic from 1996-2003. In pursuit of academic excellence,
he obtained a Diploma in Business Administration from Ogun State Polytechnic,
Abeokuta in 2005.
Desiring to further pursue his
vision and realize his dream, he also attended Kofo Abayo Training Centre for
more training in herbal medicine practice.
He has attended and featured in several Herbal Trade Fairs organized in
2000-2001 by Radio Lagos and OGBC 2 Radio, Abeokuta respectively. With over a
decade of proven experience in the profession, he became General Manager, Ebony
Naturalist Clinic in 2006, where he oversees the branch activities of the
Health Care Centre.
He established Akin Herbal Home and
Health Centre in Sango Ota in 2006.
In 2008, Dr. Akinsanya travelled to China for more training in the use of herbs and diagnostic equipment.
In 2008, Dr. Akinsanya travelled to China for more training in the use of herbs and diagnostic equipment.
PAST ACTIVITIES,
TRAINING AND MEMBERSHIP
*Member of Nigeria
Union of Medical Herbal Practitioners
* Association of
Commonwealth Traditional Medicine Practitioners for West Africa
* “Young Ambassador
for Peace” (Universal Peace Foundation)
* Herbal Medicine
Training/Conference in Barcelona, Spain
* Stakeholders’
Seminar on Traditional Medicine Practice in Abuja
CONTACT/OUTFITS
ABUJA: Shop 212, Last
Floor, Queen Fem Plaza, Opp. Mr. Biggs, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja,
Nigeria
KADUNA STATE: Nnamdi
Azikiwe Way, Beside Jamil Yoghurt, Kaduna, Nigeria
KADUNA STATE: Z1A
Hanwa Low Cost, Sokoto Road, Beside Mobil Filling Station, Opp, AMK Motors,
Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria
KANO STATE: Shop E5,
Opp. Rochas Foundation, Airport Road, Kano, Nigeria
IMO STATE: 66, Douglas
Road, Opp. MRS Filling Station, By Mbize Junction, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
TELEPHONE: +234
-8034771878; 8078074702; 8025585573;
UK NUMBER: +44-7424424434
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
ALJ. RAFIU OWOLABI - Oroki Herbal Mixture
The practice of
herbal medicine in Nigeria give rise to Nured Industrial &
Commercial Company Ltd. the manufacturers of Oroki Herbal Mixture. The
product was first produced in 1980 by Alh. Rafiu Owolabi a native of Osogbo
in Osun State, Nigeria. He is the present CEO of
Nured Industrial & Commercial Company Ltd. His mission and vision is to
provide world class herbal mixture using high quality and efficient process
without compromising standard in trado-medical Practional in Nigeria
attaining high proficiency and efficiency through the provision of herbal
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Nured Ind. &
Commercial Company Ltd. offers a range of NAFDAC licensed herbal
products for people who are looking for a safe, natural alternative to
chemical based drugs, that will treat effectively everyday complaints and
allergies. The herbal products are packaged in specific treatment.
So rather than having to buy individual ingredients for self-treatment, the
most effective combination of plant extracts and is readily available. This
makes self-treatment simple, safe and of maximum benefit. All products are
clearly labelled to show which condition they will relieve and carry precise
dosage instructions.
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The company
(Nured) was built on a very clear philosophy - to make self-treatment
with herbal medicines simple, safe, widely available and of maximum benefit
to the user. That way, all of us would have the opportunity to make a
personal choice about our health and the treatments we use for everyday
complaints and allergies.
CONTACT/OUTFIT
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